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Robotics Hackathon Winners

79 winning projects · 33 hackathons

Third Place

AutoVision

A powered robotic arm that is Gemini-enabled, giving it the power analyse an object from multiple angles.

Hack the Valley Hack Day · 2026

Robotics
ArduinoC++PythonStreamlit
Source pending review
FR
Third Place Prize

Francesco Tanzi

Team: Francesco Tanzi, Andrea Sportelli, Baldo Massimo, Silotto Jacopo

Hack the Drone - MATLAB Hackathon · 2026

EducationRobotics
Source pending review
Third Place Prize

Pothole.io

Tired of hidden potholes on your daily drives? Pothole.io turns any vehicle into a smart sensor that detects potholes in real-time with edge AI and auto-maps th

StarkHacks · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
C++JavaScriptPython
Source pending review
3rd Place Overall — Rising Innovator Award

RoboSustain

AI-powered autonomous robot that detects invisible building hazards gas leaks, moisture, and thermal inefficiencies for under $80."

Girls In STEM Global Hackathon · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceSocial Impact
ESP32JavaScriptVercel
Source pending review
Best Use of Gemini API

AgriScout AI

AgriScout is an autonomous agentic field scout: drone confirms issues over zones, then a ground robot performs various tasks for action

HackDavis 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceSocial Impact
Gemini
Source pending review
Best Use of AMD Tech

AI Battery Assembler

Using machine learning to teach industrial robots

StarkHacks · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
Python
Source pending review
Best Use of AMD Tech

Autonomous Triage Kiosk

A robot arm that triages ER patients in under a minute. Takes your vitals, hands you a priority token. Zero wait.

StarkHacks · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
GeminiPyTorch
Source pending review
Best AI Wearables

Bob VR

There are over 20 million wrist fractures annually. Bob VR gamifies the subsequent 6 weeks of physical therapy and provides physician-like feedback to guide rec

StarkHacks · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
ArduinoC++Python
Source pending review
Best Use of Brev

ClawForge

ClawForge helps small businesses create custom AI agents for any purpose, powered by NemoClaw safety, from calls and bookings to support and daily operations, w

NemoClaw NVIDIA x ASUS Hackathon @ UCSC · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
CloudflareReactSupabaseTypeScript
Source pending review
Best Use of AMD Tech

Cleanfinity

The last thing anyone wants to worry about is cleanup. We handle that for you. Our robotic system sorts away anything from hazardous materials to desk trash.

StarkHacks · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
C++PythonSQLite
Source pending review
CO
Best Use of AMD Tech

ControVirtual

A 40 y/o operator shouldn't lose their job because of an illness or injury. We fix this by putting them back in the scene, with LeRobot arms and real-time visua

StarkHacks · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
PythonPyTorchUnity
Source pending review
FA
Best Use of DGX Spark

FactoryMind

Future optimization of autonomous robots in factories.

NemoClaw NVIDIA x ASUS Hackathon @ UCSC · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
JavaScriptPython
Source pending review
Best of UiPath Test Cloud

FlakeWarden

Agentic flaky-test triage for UiPath Test Cloud: a deterministic scorer and a grounded AI classifier separate real defects from flaky tests, with a human approv

UiPath AgentHack · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
Python
Source pending review
[MLH] Best Use of Gemini API

FyredUp (10.1)

Autonomous Firefighting Robots for Safety and Efficiency

BeachHacks 9.0 · 2026

FinTechRobotics
GeminiPython
Source pending review
GU
Best Use of AMD Tech

GUARDI.AM

Enter danger safely! GUARD.IAM is a dual-armed exploratory rover that completes missions autonomously. When tricky, take manual MR control via Quest 3 to be the

StarkHacks · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
C++Python
Source pending review
Best User experience

Halfsaid

2M Americans have aphasia: thoughts intact, words stuck. Devices cost $5K–15K and sound robotic. Halfsaid is free in your browser—tap fragments, AI builds the s

Youth Code x AI · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceRobotics
ClaudePython
Source pending review
Best for UCSC

HydroClawNics

Hydroclawnics is an autonomous AI agent that manages a hydroponic farm, constantly monitoring pods across temperature, pH, EC, humidity, water levels, etc, then

NemoClaw NVIDIA x ASUS Hackathon @ UCSC · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
ArduinoFastAPIReact
Source pending review
Best of UiPath Maestro Case

InsureIQ

See risk before it happens

UiPath AgentHack · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
LangChainPython
Source pending review
[MLH] Best Use of ElevenLabs

KineticK9

KineticK9: An intuitive multimodal interface for the next generation of robotic companions.

Hack@URI 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
ElevenLabsFlaskJavaScriptPython+1
Source pending review
KI
Best Overall - BuildFest Champion

KIROBuildFest

Robotics simulation in your browser. Upload URDF, simulate physics, validate control — no install, no GPU, free.

Kiro Buildfest 2026 Singapore · 2026

Robotics
Python
Source pending review
Best Use of NemoClaw

MonkeyClaw

MonkeyClaw: Probing, patching, and protecting the NVIDIA NemoClaw ecosystem.

NemoClaw NVIDIA x ASUS Hackathon @ UCSC · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
FastAPIPythonSQLite
Source pending review
Most Creative Solution

Nexus Maestro: 1 Case, 5 AI Agents, Seamless Orchestration

Maestro Case turns a single fraud call into a live multi-agent investigation: AI scoring, parallel SIP calls to vendors and carriers, human-in-the-loop review,

UiPath AgentHack · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
FastAPIPythonReactRedis+1
Source pending review
Best ECE

Not So RC Car

This is a game where the objective to guide the robot to the end of an obstacle course. This robot is created using a capacitive sensor antenna as your controll

Hack-A-Damien · 2026

RoboticsGaming
Arduino
Source pending review
Best Use of AMD Tech

OneShot

One-shotting human demonstrations to LeRobot SO101 tasks.

StarkHacks · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
DockerFastAPIGoogle CloudJavaScript+8
Source pending review